Modifies a noun

• decoration: Plain walls for about two-thirds of its height, then a molded string course with foliate decoration at the angles.

• boss: An 1840 date is inscribed in the gable below a large foliate boss.

• stop: Single lancet to east, double lights to west, a continuous hoodmould linking the two windows with terminal foliate stops.

• capital: A west gallery is supported on thin iron columns with foliate capitals.

• design: ARABESQUE An ornament or style of ornamentation consisting of fine, linear foliate designs in curvilinear patterns, derived from Islamic art.

• face: Look also in the panels for the foliate face.

Modifying Another Word

• not: They have molded capitals, not foliate as in the choir, shallower than the 1200 design from which they are derived.